For a complete change of scene I decided to go to places where I wouldn’t normally have considered filming, so for my first video in 2016 I chose South Derbyshire. I know the area well as my work takes me to this part of the county regularly, but I’ve not spent much, if any, of my own time here. I found there was a 6-7 mile circular walk I could do starting in Ticknall, which was my favourite village in South Derbyshire. This walk also meant that I could include Calke Abbey on the route as I had not actually been here before.

The weather forecast for Saturday 12th March was looking good, so I opted to go out that morning to shoot my South Derbyshire video. I stopped at Swarkestone Bridge to begin with as I wanted to capture some shots of this impressive structure before moving on to Ticknall. Parking in the village hall car park I spent an hour or so filming around the village and then followed the footpath from the car park. I walked to Foremark Reservoir to take a few shots and then walked through Lamont Wood and Skaddows Wood towards the farm just off the A514 once owned by Ted Moult. The filming became more interesting for me as I walked through Calke Park before returning to Ticknall where my day’s filming ended. I was hoping to enjoy a drink in the Wheel Inn, but unfortunately it was closed due to risks of high chlorine in the water, which at this time was affecting parts of South Derbyshire and North Leicestershire.

​The editing, recording the commentary and adjusting sound levels for each scene in “Time Out in Ticknall” was as straight forward as any video I make nowadays. However, the music was going to be more of a challenge this time. I first travelled around South Derbyshire with a work colleague, who often played CDs of vibraphone jazz in his work van, and I particularly remember hearing this music when we were in this part of the county. I wanted to capture this atmosphere in my video of South Derbyshire, so I tried to recreate this vibraphone jazz sound in my own soundtrack.